Your older kids are old enough to do paid chores for some pocket change?
It turns my bickering kids into instant efficient, well behaved entrepreneurs if they have a chance to earn even 50 cents. The whole thing can be an hour of peace for a single coin. Just a thought I didn't hear anyone mention.

Your older kids are old enough to do paid chores for some pocket change?
It turns my bickering kids into instant efficient, well behaved entrepreneurs if they have a chance to earn even 50 cents. The whole thing can be an hour of peace for a single coin. Just a thought I didn't hear anyone mention.

To add to this, what also works well is my girls know if I hear them bickering too much, I make them do chores. So they learn pretty quick that getting along is much more fun.

Your library charges to rent books!? That's crazy! I've never heard of that!! I would be so butt-hurt if I had to pay for the use of the library...

And I didn't realize you worked from home..that helps to have the solid block of quiet time then.

It's a percentage of your utility bill to sign up (we haven't even done that), and there is a fee every month, I believe. A friend of mine had a library card, and canceled her membership because of this.

yeah, i work from home... realistically, i need 6-8 hours a day of quiet, but sometimes it doesn't happen. we woke up late this morning so they are outside now. it's about 84 degrees, so not too bad.

Maybe feeding them more often would help? DS is a terror if its too long between snacks or if I forget and just give him fresh fruit for a snack with no protein or complex carbs.

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they pretty much eat whenever they want, i just prefer to have set meal times if i am going to schedule everything else. i never deny them food, so if they get hungry, they know where the snacks are. the only thing they have to ask for is meals. they can have all the snacks they want.

Your older kids are old enough to do paid chores for some pocket change?
It turns my bickering kids into instant efficient, well behaved entrepreneurs if they have a chance to earn even 50 cents. The whole thing can be an hour of peace for a single coin. Just a thought I didn't hear anyone mention.

so far it has been a pretty successful morning. no fighting, and we've been up for a few hours! could i have found the trick? next thing up - inside to cool off, have a snack, and watch their favorite animal planet show. baby is napping, and i'm getting some work done!

so far it has been a pretty successful morning. no fighting, and we've been up for a few hours! could i have found the trick? next thing up - inside to cool off, have a snack, and watch their favorite animal planet show. baby is napping, and i'm getting some work done!